Water properties vocab/ full review

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Water's ability to dissolve many substances

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Universal solvent

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Chemical & physical processes breaking down rock at Earth's surface.

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Weathering

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Energy of motion of molecules; faster movement means more energy.

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Thermal energy

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Tightness on water's surface due to polar molecules pulling together.

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Surface tension

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Part of a solution in lesser amount, dissolved by the solvent.

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solute

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Homogenous mixture where one substance's molecules are dissolved in another.

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solution

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Largest part of a solution that dissolves solute.

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solvent

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Molecules without charged areas (oil, wax)

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non polar molecule

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Molecule with charged areas (water)

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Polar molecule

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Smallest particle of a substance that retains its properties; made of one or more types of atoms bonded together.

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molecule